Search underway for eight climbers missing in Indian Himalayas - CNN

Search underway for eight climbers missing in Indian Himalayas  CNN

A search is underway for seven climbers -- four Britons, two Americans and an Australian -- and theirIndian liaison officer, who went missing a week ago during an expedition in the Indian Himalayas, local authorities say. The group was attempting to scale Nanda Devi East, one of the highest and most difficult to climb peaks in India at just over 24,000 feet (7,400 meters) tall, local Uttarakhand District Magistrate, Vijay Kumar Jogdande, told CNN. The missing eight were part of a larger team of 12 who set off from the village of Munsiyari on May 13. But 12 days later, on May 25, only four o...

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